April is an aging 2002 aprilia RST1000 Futura one-owner SPORT-touring machine.
I'm hoping she has at least one long ride left in her.

The last couple times I've ridden the insanely curvy roads of California was 2up.
With 10 days off for riding I'm looking to have some fun.
I've always wanted to see Crater Lake and ride Sonora Pass. These were my primary goals of this trip.

Day 1 was June 14th. I took all day loading up the bike. It was 4 PM before we headed out into the heat.

You may have noticed the fuel light on in the video. I barely made it into Springville running on fumes.
After gassing up I turned onto another favorite road I've ridden a few times before.
I see a GS rider stopped near the turnoff to Yokohl Valley Road. I wave and continue.

The road is a twisty and rustic country road that serves as a sweet short-cut over to Sequoia National Park.

I see that big GS behind me...

I sped up, but could not shake that big GS rider, so I pulled over and snapped him passing.

As he disappeared around the corner I stowed the camera and the chase was ON!

It took forever and some insane riding before I finally had him in sight again. He pulled over to snap pics and I got out in front.

I couldn't shake that GS no matter what.

We had a ton of fun...

on Yokohl Valley Road.

I had worked up an appetite. When we got to Three Rivers I pulled into the parking lot for the Pizza Factory.
The GS rider pulled up alongside, stuck out his hand and asked, "Eat pasta"? I looked at the restaurant and said, "Sure, let's do it".

It took a couple more tries until I understood he was introducing himself. He goes by eatpasta here and I had seen some of his posts before. Doh!

After chatting with eatpasta he carried on and I went inside to fill up on pizza. The pizza was pretty average.